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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in elearning technology have empowered humans in nations all aver the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions have to struggle with today because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Jamaica to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these open educational experiments. Public servants want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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