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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in distance learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take courses online. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Gibraltar to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational initiatives. Universities want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this demand for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This book also deals with the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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