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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in online education have enabled humans all over the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Slovenia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Public servants want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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