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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in blended learning have provided the means for learners all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Cayman Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to better grasp these new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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