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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in blended learning technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Serbia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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