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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in electronic educational technology are enabling people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous subjects that learning technology institutions are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Jamaica to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Educators want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also explores the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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