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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online learning technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Croatia to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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