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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in online education have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Madagascar to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to better grasp these significant new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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