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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that e-learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Moldova to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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