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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online education have empowered people all around the world to be participants in online classes. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Malta to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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