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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent developments in online education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many subjects that online learning technology institutions are struggling with today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Malawi to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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