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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in electronic educational technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Gibraltar to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these compelling new open education endeavours. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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