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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in distance learning technology are empowering students all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Gibraltar to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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