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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in elearning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Belarus to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these new open education experiments. Everyone wants to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this growing demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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