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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in e-learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take classes online. These online MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Gibraltar to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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