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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in blended learning are enabling people all over the world to participate in online courses. 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. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are struggling with today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Bosnia and Herzegovina to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to better grasp these interesting new open educational initiatives. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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