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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in blended learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Gibraltar to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational experiments. Students want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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