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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to take online classes. 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. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Bosnia and Herzegovina to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Scientists want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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