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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in electronic educational technology are enabling humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Serbia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these significant new open educational ventures. Public servants want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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