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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Croatia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and many other participants would like to understand these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Educators want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also considers the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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