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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online education technology have provided the means for students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology institutions have to consider today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Madagascar to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these exciting new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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