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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in e-learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Madagascar to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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