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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in technology-enhanced learning enable people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Malta to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this growing desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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