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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in blended learning have enabled students all over the world to take part in classes online. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Jamaica to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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