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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in online education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Slovakia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these significant new open education endeavours. People want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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