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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in electronic education technology are empowering students all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Malawi to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education undertakings. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This book also addresses the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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