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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in technology-enhanced learning have empowered learners all around the world to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by institutions like Cayman Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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