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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning make it possible for humans all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can we certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Malawi to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Educators want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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