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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning are enabling students all over the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students 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 many topics that elearning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Gibraltar to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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