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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in online education are providing the means for people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Poland to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational endeavours. Professors want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also talks about the 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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