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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in online education are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Slovenia to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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