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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in elearning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take online classes. These online MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning institutions are considering today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Madagascar to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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