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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in e-learning technology have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Belarus to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to better perceive these important new open education experiments. Trainers want to comprehend how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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