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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Gibraltar to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Educators want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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