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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in electronic education technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Croatia to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this growing demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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