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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in learning technology have empowered students all over the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Bosnia and Herzegovina to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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