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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education are enabling people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Croatia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Scientists want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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