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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in online education technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOCs are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Slovenia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. People want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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