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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in e-learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to take classes online. These massive online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Gibraltar to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Educators want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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