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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in learning technology enable people all over the world to take part in online classes. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Malawi to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to be more aware of these important new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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