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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in elearning technology are empowering students all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions must deal with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Malawi to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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