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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New developments in distance learning technology are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations are struggling with today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Gibraltar to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a need to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to better grasp these promising new open education endeavours. Scholars want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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