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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in elearning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are numerous topics that learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Moldova to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to better perceive these intriguing new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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