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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in digital education technology have enabled humans all around the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Belarus to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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