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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Serbia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Scientists want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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