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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in learning technology enable people all around the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is developing so fast. How can participants make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Madagascar to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education experiments. Scholars want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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