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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in blended learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Cayman Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants want to better perceive these promising new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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