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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in elearning enable learners all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Serbia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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