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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning have empowered learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions are having to consider now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Croatia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to understand these significant new open education experiments. Everyone wants to know how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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