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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in e-learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Bosnia and Herzegovina to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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