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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Madagascar to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these significant new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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