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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education technology enable people all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Cayman Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these open educational initiatives. Teachers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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