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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in e-learning technology are enabling learners in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. These massive online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Gibraltar to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Educators want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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