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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in elearning are empowering learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations are struggling with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Gibraltar to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to understand these intriguing new open educational ventures. Educators want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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