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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advances in digital education technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can organizations certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Madagascar to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this increasing need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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