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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in e-learning enable learners in nations all aver the world to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Cayman Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Students want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also explores the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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