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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations are dealing with now that online education technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Poland to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and many other participants would like to better perceive these significant new open educational experiments. People want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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