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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in electronic education technology have made it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Jamaica to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these compelling new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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