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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in electronic education technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Croatia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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