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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Serbia to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these exciting new open education ventures. Academics want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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