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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Madagascar to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to better grasp these important new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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