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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in electronic educational technology are providing the means for students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Serbia to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Professors want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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