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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New developments in online learning have enabled humans all over the world to be participants in online classes. 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 online MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Poland to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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