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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Slovenia to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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