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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in technology-enhanced learning have enabled students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Serbia to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Instructors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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