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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in digital education technology are empowering people all over the world to take online courses. MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Malawi to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a growing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these intriguing new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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