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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in electronic educational technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Moldova to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Teachers want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also describes the 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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