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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in e-learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning organizations are having to deal with today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Malta to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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