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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in electronic education technology are enabling people all over the world to take classes online. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Pridnestrovie (Transnistria) to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Academics want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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