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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in online education enable people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. MOOCs are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations are dealing with now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Madagascar to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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