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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning enable humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like Serbia to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these important new open education initiatives. People want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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