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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in digital education technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Malawi to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these interesting new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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