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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in learning technology are enabling students all over the world to take part in online classes. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology institutions are considering today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Jamaica to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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