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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in online learning technology make it possible for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Pridnestrovie (Transnistria) to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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