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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online learning technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to take classes online. MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Serbia to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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