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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online education technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Malawi to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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