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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online learning are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massively open online courses are mostly free but do not 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 numerous issues that elearning technology institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Poland to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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