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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in digital education technology are enabling learners in nations all aver the world to take courses online. MOOCs are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Belarus to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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