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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Malawi to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these promising new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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