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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in distance learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Serbia to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Students want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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