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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in digital education technology are making it possible for people all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Jamaica to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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