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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Madagascar to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. People want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this growing need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also examines the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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