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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern developments in learning technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Malta to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to better comprehend these exciting new open educational experiments. Students want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also examines 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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