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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in online education technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Malawi to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these interesting new open educational ventures. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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