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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in e-learning technology have made it possible for students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are considering today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Malta to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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