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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning technology enable learners in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Slovenia to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this increasing need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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