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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online education technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are struggling with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Jamaica to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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