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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in e-learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take part in classes online. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are having to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Gibraltar to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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