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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in digital education technology have enabled people all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many subjects that e-learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Malawi to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Scientists want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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