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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in e-learning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Jamaica to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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