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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online education technology are enabling people all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Malta to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to better understand these new open educational experiments. Teachers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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