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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOCs are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Malawi to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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