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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in electronic educational technology are enabling students all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Madagascar to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this developing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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