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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in distance learning technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several subjects that learning technology institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Croatia to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these interesting new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also investigates the most important 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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