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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in elearning are providing the means for humans all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Serbia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these important new open educational initiatives. Universities want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this growing desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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