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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Poland to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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