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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education have empowered people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Slovenia to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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