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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in digital education technology are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Jamaica to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Scholars want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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