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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Bosnia and Herzegovina to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these interesting new open education undertakings. Trainers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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