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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in blended learning technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Madagascar to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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