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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in digital education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are numerous topics that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Gibraltar to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these open education initiatives. People want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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