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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in technology-enhanced learning enable people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Madagascar to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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