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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in online education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Poland to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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