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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning technology have enabled learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology organizations must deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Gibraltar to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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