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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online education have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Moldova to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing desire for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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