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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations have to consider today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Moldova to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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