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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in distance learning technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Poland to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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