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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in distance learning have empowered learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Gibraltar to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a expanding need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. People want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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