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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education are enabling humans all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Madagascar to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Trainers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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