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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in blended learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous subjects that elearning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Jamaica to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Researchers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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