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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in blended learning have empowered people all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Malawi to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Corporations want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this expanding need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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