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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in blended learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Macedonia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Educators want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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