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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning technology are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to take classes online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Jamaica to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This interesting new book also researches the key 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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