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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education are providing the means for humans all over the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Belarus to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to understand these important new open education endeavours. Teachers want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also studies the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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