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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online education have empowered students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is passable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Madagascar to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these new open education endeavours. People want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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