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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in blended learning have enabled people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are considering now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Belarus to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these interesting new open education initiatives. Scholars want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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