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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in online education enable people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education institutions have to deal with now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Cayman Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education ventures. Everybody wants to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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