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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in digital education technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are considering in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Moldova to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. People want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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