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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in online education technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Poland to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Educators want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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