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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for students all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology organizations are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Jamaica to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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