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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning have provided the means for students all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Macedonia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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