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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online learning are providing the means for learners in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Madagascar to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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