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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in learning technology enable students in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Malta to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to better perceive these significant new open education endeavours. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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