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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in electronic education technology are empowering learners in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that elearning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Poland to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also studies the major 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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