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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Serbia to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these open educational ventures. Scientists want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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