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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in elearning technology have empowered people all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that blended learning organizations have to deal with today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like Bosnia and Herzegovina to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education initiatives. Researchers want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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