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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in digital education technology are empowering students in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Belarus to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing desire for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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