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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in distance learning technology are enabling learners all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Cayman Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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