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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we make sure that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Moldova to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these promising new open educational endeavours. People want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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