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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in distance learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is respectable? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Gibraltar to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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