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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations are considering now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Jamaica to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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