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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in online learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. 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. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Poland to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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