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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online education have enabled humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators make sure that the quality of these MOOCs is all right? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Serbia to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these significant new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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