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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in electronic educational technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Malta to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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