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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Malawi to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Students want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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