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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in e-learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Croatia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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