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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education have provided the means for humans all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Gibraltar to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a developing necessity to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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