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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in distance learning technology enable humans all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations must deal with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Malawi to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to better perceive these exciting new open education ventures. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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