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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in online education technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Moldova to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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