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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Madagascar to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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