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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in electronic educational technology enable students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Macedonia to conduct these MOOC courses? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This sensational new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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