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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning technology are empowering students all over the world to take online courses. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions must deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Croatia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these open education endeavours. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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