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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in learning technology enable students in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC classes are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are considering in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Belarus to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Students want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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