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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Bosnia and Herzegovina to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also talks about the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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