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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in online learning have empowered people all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are having to attend to now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Jamaica to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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