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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in electronic education technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are several topics that online learning institutions are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Croatia to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this growing need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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