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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in elearning technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Madagascar to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this demand for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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