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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Slovakia to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education ventures. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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