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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online education technology are enabling people all over the world to take classes online. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations have to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Malawi to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Scholars want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also explores the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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