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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in digital education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Malawi to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Intellectuals want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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