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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Pridnestrovie (Transnistria) to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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