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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in technology-enhanced learning have enabled humans all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like Cayman Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Professors want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this increasing need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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