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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in electronic educational technology have empowered people all over the world to participate in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we certify that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Cayman Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these promising new open education endeavours. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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