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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in distance learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Jamaica to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a desire to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Academics want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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