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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advances in distance learning technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Madagascar to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Academics want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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