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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in blended learning technology enable people in nations all aver the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Poland to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these exciting new open education endeavours. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This 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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