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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advancements in elearning are enabling humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are generally free for students 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 numerous topics that learning technology organizations are considering now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Gibraltar to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Professors want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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