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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in online education have enabled people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Moldova to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these open educational experiments. People want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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