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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in e-learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Jamaica to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders need to understand these promising new open education initiatives. Teachers want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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