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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in online learning technology have enabled learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by organizations like Madagascar to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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