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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education are enabling people all over the world to take part in classes online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Serbia to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to better understand these fascinating new open educational ventures. Intellectuals want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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