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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in digital education technology have made it possible for students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Macedonia to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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