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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in electronic education technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Macedonia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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