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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in distance learning have made it possible for people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Macedonia to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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