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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online education are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to take courses online. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Pridnestrovie (Transnistria) to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these new open education undertakings. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this growing need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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