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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education organizations are struggling with now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Malawi to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Students want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also describes the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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