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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning enable learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators certify that the quality control for these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Moldova to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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