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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in blended learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is all right? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Cayman Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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