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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in online learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Cayman Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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