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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in blended learning technology are empowering humans all over the world to take part in classes online. These MOOCs are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies 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 teachers manage problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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