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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in blended learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Serbia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these important new open educational ventures. Instructors want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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