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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Belarus to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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