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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning technology enable people all around the world to take courses online. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Slovenia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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