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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in electronic education technology have empowered students in nations all around the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Malawi to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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