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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online education technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many issues that e-learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Serbia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also addresses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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