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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in elearning technology are providing the means for students all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different 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 teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Educators want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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