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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New developments in technology-enhanced learning have empowered students all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC classes are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions are struggling with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Pridnestrovie (Transnistria) to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Researchers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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