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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advancements in online learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Poland to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Trainers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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