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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in e-learning technology are making it possible for students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Moldova to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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