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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in technology-enhanced learning have empowered learners in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with today because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Jamaica to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to understand these significant new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this increasing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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