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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in elearning are enabling learners all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by institutions like Serbia to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these promising new open educational initiatives. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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