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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online education technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are struggling with now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Gibraltar to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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