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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in electronic educational technology enable students all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business 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 experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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