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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in blended learning have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Malawi to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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