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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in distance learning technology have enabled students all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Cayman Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a increasing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these interesting new open education undertakings. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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