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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in blended learning technology have enabled learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC classes are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Gibraltar to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to better understand these new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this demand for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the most important 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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