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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning are providing the means for humans all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations are considering now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Slovakia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Academics want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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