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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Cayman Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these open educational experiments. Corporations want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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