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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in online education enable learners in nations all around the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Macedonia to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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