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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in digital education technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in online classes. 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. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Madagascar to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education ventures. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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