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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in elearning technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Moldova to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This amazing new book also researches the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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