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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in online education have empowered students all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Poland to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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