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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern developments in distance learning technology have empowered humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Slovenia to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to better grasp these interesting new open education undertakings. Teachers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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