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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in online learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions have to consider now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Moldova to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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