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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations have to consider today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by organizations like Serbia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also examines the major 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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