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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in e-learning technology enable people all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to consider today because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Belarus to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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