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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in electronic education technology enable people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Belarus to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to better comprehend these compelling new open education experiments. Professors want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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