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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online education technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Cayman Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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