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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in elearning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Gibraltar to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these exciting new open education endeavours. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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