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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in e-learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Jamaica to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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