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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in blended learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions are having to consider today because online education technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers make sure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Malaysia to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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