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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in e-learning technology have empowered humans all around the world to take classes online. These MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Croatia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Academics want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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