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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in distance learning are empowering humans all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are several issues that online learning organizations must deal with today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Serbia to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Everyone wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also examines the key 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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