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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in e-learning have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Poland to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to understand these new open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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