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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Poland to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these significant new open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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