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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern changes in online learning technology enable people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions are struggling with now that distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by institutions like Serbia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education ventures. Academics want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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