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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in learning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Gibraltar to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Instructors want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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