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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in online learning technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with today because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Malawi to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these promising new open education ventures. Teachers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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