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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning have empowered humans in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Serbia to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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