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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in e-learning technology are making it possible for students in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Croatia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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