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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in electronic education technology are enabling learners all over the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOCs are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Madagascar to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these promising new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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