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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in e-learning technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Gibraltar to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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