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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions have to deal with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Madagascar to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these exciting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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