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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in e-learning have provided the means for people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are considering today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Madagascar to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to understand these significant new open educational experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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