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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are having to consider now that online education technology is improving so quickly. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Madagascar to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also considers 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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