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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in distance learning are empowering people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations are considering today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Gibraltar to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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