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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in elearning enable humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions have to consider now that distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Cayman Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Educators want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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