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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in distance learning are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Poland to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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