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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in e-learning have provided the means for learners all over the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Malawi to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Instructors want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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