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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in digital education technology enable humans all around the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality control for these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Gibraltar to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Educators want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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