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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online education have enabled learners in nations all aver the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Jamaica to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Students want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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