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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning technology are making it possible for students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always 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 variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Jamaica to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and lots of other participants need to better understand these compelling new open education initiatives. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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