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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning are providing the means for learners all over the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning technology organizations have to consider today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? 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 participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to better understand these important new open education ventures. People want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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