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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern developments in electronic educational technology are empowering students all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Slovenia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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