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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in distance learning technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that online learning institutions are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Gibraltar to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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