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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in blended learning have made it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Malawi to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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