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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in e-learning are making it possible for humans all over the world to take online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Croatia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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