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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advancements in distance learning technology have enabled humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are struggling with today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Poland to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of these important new open education initiatives. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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