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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Malta to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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