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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Malawi to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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