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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in distance learning technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Malawi to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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