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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in distance learning have enabled humans in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Cayman Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a growing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. People want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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