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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in e-learning make it possible for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Belarus to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also researches the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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