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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in e-learning are enabling learners in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Pridnestrovie (Transnistria) to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Academics want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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