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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education technology have enabled learners in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Jamaica to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these interesting new open education ventures. Instructors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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