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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in elearning technology have enabled learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Gibraltar to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to understand these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also explores the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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