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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent developments in online education enable people all around the world to take courses online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Malta to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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