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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in blended learning enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. 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. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Poland to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Universities want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this expanding need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also describes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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