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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in distance learning are enabling students in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Croatia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to understand these significant new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this growing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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