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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in digital education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many issues that online education institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can we be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Malta to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Scholars want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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