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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in blended learning technology have enabled students all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Cayman Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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