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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology institutions are having to consider now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Jamaica to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational undertakings. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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