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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advancements in online learning have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Poland to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to better grasp these fascinating new open education undertakings. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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