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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in e-learning have provided the means for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Slovakia to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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