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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern changes in learning technology have enabled learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are having to consider today because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Jamaica to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this growing desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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