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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in distance learning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several issues that elearning organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Bosnia and Herzegovina to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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