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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in distance learning are making it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are many topics that blended learning institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Serbia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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