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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in e-learning are making it possible for learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology organizations are considering today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by organizations like Romania to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to better grasp these new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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