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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in e-learning technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Belarus to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to understand these fascinating new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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