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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in elearning have enabled people all over the world to take online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Jamaica to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Scholars want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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