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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online learning have made it possible for students in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that elearning technology institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? 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 organizations like Serbia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Professors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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