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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in electronic education technology have enabled people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by institutions like Bosnia and Herzegovina to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage poor student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this developing desire for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also deals with the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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