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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in e-learning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that elearning organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Croatia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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