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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in electronic educational technology have provided the means for students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions have to consider today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Madagascar to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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