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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in technology-enhanced learning are empowering students all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations must deal with today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can organizations make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Slovenia to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to better understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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