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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in distance learning make it possible for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC classes are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Madagascar to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Everyone wants to know how MOOCs can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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