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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in e-learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take online classes. 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. These MOOC classes are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Bosnia and Herzegovina to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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