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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in elearning are making it possible for people all around the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Jamaica to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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