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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in blended learning have empowered learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Macedonia to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Public servants want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this increasing desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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