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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online education have provided the means for humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Madagascar to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Teachers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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