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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in online education enable students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Macedonia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to better understand these fascinating new open education endeavours. Students want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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