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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Madagascar to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these open educational experiments. Instructors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also addresses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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