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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in elearning have enabled learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Poland to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these important new open education undertakings. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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