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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in electronic educational technology are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Serbia to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Educators want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This new book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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