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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning technology have empowered humans all over the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to consider now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Gibraltar to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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