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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in online education technology enable people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning organizations are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Cayman Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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