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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses. New gains in electronic education technology make it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that e-learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Madagascar to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a expanding demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these open educational initiatives. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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