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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in e-learning technology have enabled learners in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that blended learning institutions are struggling with now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Gibraltar to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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