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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in e-learning have empowered students in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. These massive online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Cayman Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Students want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also explores the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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