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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest developments in digital education technology have empowered humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions are considering today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Belarus to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also researches the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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