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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advancements in learning technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Malawi to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these new open education experiments. Professors want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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