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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education are making it possible for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are dealing with now that learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Romania to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these important new open education initiatives. Trainers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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