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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in elearning technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a variety of subjects that online learning institutions are having to deal with today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Malawi to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This book also describes the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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