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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in digital education technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners certify that instructors 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 original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Scientists want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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