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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New changes in digital education technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Belarus to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Trainers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also talks about the key 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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