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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in e-learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Macedonia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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