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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in distance learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Slovakia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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