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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in digital education technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning organizations have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can teachers make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Malta to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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