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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online learning technology have made it possible for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Jamaica to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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