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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in elearning technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Poland to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Professors want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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