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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in electronic educational technology are empowering learners in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Madagascar to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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