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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in distance learning technology have enabled learners all around the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with now that online education technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Malawi to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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