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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in electronic educational technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to take classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Slovakia to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these intriguing new open education experiments. Professors want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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