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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning technology have made it possible for humans all over the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Belarus to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to better understand these important new open education experiments. Everyone wants to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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