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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in digital education technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Gibraltar to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these compelling new open education ventures. Trainers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this demand for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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