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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in electronic education technology are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Belarus to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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