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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Serbia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these compelling new open educational endeavours. People want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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