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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education technology are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with today because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Jamaica to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education initiatives. Scientists want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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