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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in online learning have empowered people all over the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions must deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Malawi to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Trainers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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