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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in elearning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Croatia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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