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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in blended learning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to participate in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These online MOOCs are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Malawi to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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