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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in e-learning have empowered people all around the world to be participants in classes online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are having to deal with now that blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Pridnestrovie (Transnistria) to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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