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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in elearning have provided the means for learners all around the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Poland to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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