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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in digital education technology are empowering people all over the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Macedonia to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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