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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in electronic education technology enable students all around the world to be participants in online classes. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Jamaica to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these compelling new open education endeavours. Instructors want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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