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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online education are empowering students in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Serbia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a growing need to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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