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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in digital education technology enable people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions have to deal with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models 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 participants manage problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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