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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in elearning are enabling learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Jamaica to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to better perceive these important new open education endeavours. Public servants want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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