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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in elearning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are considering today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Pridnestrovie (Transnistria) to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a demand to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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