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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in learning technology have enabled learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are considering today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Croatia to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to better comprehend these compelling new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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