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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in learning technology have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Cayman Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also deals with 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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