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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in distance learning technology enable people all around the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators make sure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is good? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Pridnestrovie (Transnistria) to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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