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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning make it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like Cayman Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? How can teachers handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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