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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in electronic education technology have made it possible for students all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions are considering now that online education technology is advancing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Poland to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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