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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in elearning technology enable humans in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology organizations are having to consider now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is passable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Malawi to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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