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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in online education technology enable students all over the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Cayman Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This gripping new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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