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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in electronic education technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Slovakia to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to better perceive these open education undertakings. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This exciting new book also discusses the key 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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