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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Romania to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also researches the major 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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