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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in online education technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Moldova to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Corporations want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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