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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in digital education technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning institutions are having to attend to now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can we certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Malawi to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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