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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in online learning enable people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Croatia to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Teachers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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