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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online learning technology enable people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers certify that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Gibraltar to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Professors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also explores the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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