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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take classes online. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Jamaica to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these exciting new open education initiatives. Educators want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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