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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in elearning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Romania to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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