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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in electronic education technology are empowering students all around the world to take classes online. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Malawi to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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