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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in e-learning technology have empowered humans all around the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is good? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Jamaica to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Professors want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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