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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in electronic educational technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations must deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business 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 institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Teachers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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