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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning organizations are considering now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Slovakia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these important new open education experiments. Educators want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing 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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