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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in electronic education technology are making it possible for humans all around the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Croatia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these important new open education experiments. Scholars want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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