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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology have enabled students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is all right? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Cayman Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Educators want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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