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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in online learning enable students in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Croatia to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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