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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in elearning are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take online classes. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Gibraltar to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these open education experiments. Teachers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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