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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in online learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Malawi to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. People want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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