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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning enable learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Jamaica to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational experiments. Educators want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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