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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology are enabling students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Gibraltar to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these exciting new open education ventures. Scholars want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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