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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New evolvements in distance learning technology have made it possible for humans all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that online education technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Malaysia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to better understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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