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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in online education technology make it possible for people all around the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Moldova to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

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