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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning have enabled students in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions have to consider today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is all right? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Macedonia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to better understand these new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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