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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in digital education technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? 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 institutions manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Students want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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