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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in online education are enabling people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology institutions are considering now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Moldova to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Everyone wants to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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