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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in digital education technology are empowering learners all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Slovakia to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this developing demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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