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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advances in electronic education technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations are considering today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Malta to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education ventures. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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