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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in elearning make it possible for humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Moldova to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage low motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better understand these open education experiments. Educators want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the 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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