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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in distance learning have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Moldova to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these important new open education ventures. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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