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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning technology are empowering learners in nations all aver the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Gibraltar to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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