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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in electronic education technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Jamaica to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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