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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic educational technology have enabled people all around the world to take part in online courses. 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. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education institutions have to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Cayman Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to better grasp these new open education endeavours. Students want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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