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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in electronic education technology are enabling students all around the world to take part in online classes. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently 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 lot of subjects that online education organizations are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Moldova to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Trainers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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