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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in learning technology enable humans in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are several issues that online learning institutions have to deal with now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Malawi to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to better grasp these compelling new open education ventures. Corporations want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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