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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Madagascar to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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