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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in distance learning technology are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Jamaica to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also researches the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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