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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning have made it possible for humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Slovenia to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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