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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education technology enable students all around the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with now that blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Gibraltar to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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