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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in electronic education technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with today because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Cayman Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these promising new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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