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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in e-learning technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by organizations like Gibraltar to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to be more aware of these new open educational undertakings. Students want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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