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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in online education are empowering learners all over the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning organizations must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Slovakia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Students want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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