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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Poland to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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