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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Slovakia to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these promising new open education initiatives. Scholars want to perceive how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also researches the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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