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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in online education have provided the means for learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not consistently 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 quite a few topics that e-learning institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Gibraltar to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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