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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning institutions are considering in 2015 because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Croatia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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