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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest developments in distance learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Malawi to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to understand these interesting new open educational ventures. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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