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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in blended learning technology have made it possible for humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many topics that learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Malta to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Trainers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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