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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning technology have enabled students all over the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning institutions are having to deal with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Moldova to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Academics want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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