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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in elearning have empowered humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Slovenia to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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