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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in elearning are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Slovenia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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