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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in elearning have made it possible for learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we assure that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Slovenia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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