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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in technology-enhanced learning enable people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Jamaica to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to understand these exciting new open educational experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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