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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning make it possible for people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Serbia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also researches the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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