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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Malta to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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