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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in elearning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take classes online. These massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Jamaica to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage poor student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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