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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in e-learning enable people all over the world to participate in classes online. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Poland to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the most important 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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