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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advancements in elearning are making it possible for students in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations have to deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Cayman Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these exciting new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also describes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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