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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New changes in online learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take classes 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. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many subjects that online learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Madagascar to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. People want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this need for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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