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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in elearning technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations are dealing with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Slovenia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Professors want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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