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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in distance learning technology are making it possible for students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Jamaica to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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