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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advancements in distance learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Jamaica to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to understand these open educational experiments. Professors want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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