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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in elearning are enabling people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Jamaica to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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