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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by organizations like Cayman Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education undertakings. Public servants want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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