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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in digital education technology enable people all around the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Belarus to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these compelling new open education ventures. Researchers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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