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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions are having to consider now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Macedonia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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