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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in learning technology are empowering learners in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are considering more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Belarus to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on low student motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online learning becomes more available there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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