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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Cayman Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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