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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in online education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Belarus to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Scholars want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This amazing new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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