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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in online education are making it possible for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Gibraltar to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these exciting new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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