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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in elearning have provided the means for learners all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology organizations are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Gibraltar to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a expanding demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Researchers want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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