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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in distance learning technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to take classes online. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Jamaica to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Scholars want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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