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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning technology have enabled people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Jamaica to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also articulates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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