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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Croatia to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these intriguing new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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