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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in elearning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Macedonia to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Educators want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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