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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in distance learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Poland to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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