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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online education are enabling students in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations are having to consider today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Cayman Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these promising new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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