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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in digital education technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Madagascar to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can institutions manage poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Public servants want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desideratum for knowledge the gripping 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 dramatic new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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