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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in learning technology have enabled people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning institutions are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Gibraltar to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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