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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in electronic education technology are enabling learners all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? 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 organizations like Croatia to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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