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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in elearning have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many issues that online education organizations are considering today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Gibraltar to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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