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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning technology have made it possible for students all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Malawi to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a demand to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these interesting new open educational experiments. Trainers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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