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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online learning have empowered people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Jamaica to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these exciting new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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