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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology are enabling learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Belarus to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these open educational experiments. People want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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