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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in e-learning technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Madagascar to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these significant new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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