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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education technology are empowering students in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning institutions have to consider now that blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Poland to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these important new open education endeavours. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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