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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Madagascar to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Trainers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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