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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online learning are enabling people all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions are having to attend to today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Gibraltar to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desideratum for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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