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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in digital education technology are enabling students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Madagascar to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Universities want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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