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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online learning are enabling people all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Slovenia to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a developing desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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