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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education have empowered learners in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many subjects that e-learning technology institutions are struggling with today because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Gibraltar to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to better perceive these compelling new open educational experiments. Trainers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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