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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Poland to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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