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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New developments in online learning technology enable learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Bosnia and Herzegovina to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also explores the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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