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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in distance learning are enabling humans all over the world to take part in online courses. 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. These massively open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Slovakia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This definitive new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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