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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning have empowered learners all over the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with now that blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Pridnestrovie (Transnistria) to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these new open educational endeavours. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this crescive desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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