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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Romania to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage low motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Professors want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also researches the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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