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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in digital education technology enable humans in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Moldova to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these important new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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