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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning are making it possible for people all around the world to take classes online. MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Madagascar to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these open education endeavours. Instructors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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