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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in e-learning technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that online education organizations are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Slovenia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Educators want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this growing demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also considers the 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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