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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in e-learning enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Croatia to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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