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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in learning technology enable learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Macedonia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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