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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning technology have enabled humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Gibraltar to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education ventures. Teachers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also researches the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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