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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in e-learning technology have enabled people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning organizations are having to consider today because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like Croatia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open educational experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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