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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advancements in electronic educational technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Moldova to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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