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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in e-learning technology have made it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Jamaica to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open education experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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