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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Poland to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these promising new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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