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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Poland to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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