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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These MOOCs are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Malawi to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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