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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in e-learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like Madagascar to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these fascinating new open education endeavours. People want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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