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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in digital education technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are considering more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Serbia to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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