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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in blended learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Macedonia to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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