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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Gibraltar to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Universities want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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