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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in distance learning enable humans all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Belarus to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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