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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in online education have enabled learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Cayman Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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