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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations are considering now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Poland to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to better understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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