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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online education technology have made it possible for humans in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Macedonia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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