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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in online education technology make it possible for students all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Slovenia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to better grasp these interesting new open education ventures. Teachers want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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