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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in e-learning are empowering humans all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Croatia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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