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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in learning technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education institutions are struggling with today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is passable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Malawi to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to understand these exciting new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this developing need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also considers 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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