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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in e-learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. 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. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Croatia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these fascinating new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also describes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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