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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in online learning are enabling people all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several issues that learning technology institutions must deal with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Jamaica to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Public servants want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this need for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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