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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online learning have empowered students in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are dealing with now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Gibraltar to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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