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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in blended learning have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Bosnia and Herzegovina to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these exciting new open education ventures. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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