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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are considering more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Malawi to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Students want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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