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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Poland to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to better comprehend these exciting new open educational ventures. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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