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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Madagascar to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to know how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this expanding need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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