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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Belgium to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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