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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in electronic education technology are empowering students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Jamaica to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Educators want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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