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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in electronic education technology are enabling students all over the world to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Malawi to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to better understand these intriguing new open education endeavours. Academics want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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