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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in electronic education technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Gibraltar to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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