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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in elearning are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions 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 learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a growing necessity to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to better perceive these interesting new open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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