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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in elearning technology have enabled learners all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations are considering more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Serbia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these new open educational experiments. Students want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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