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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in electronic educational technology enable people all over the world to take courses online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Croatia to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these compelling new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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