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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in digital education technology enable humans in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations are considering in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What 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 experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Universities want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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