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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in e-learning are enabling humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations make sure that the education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Gibraltar to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these interesting new open educational experiments. Trainers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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