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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in online learning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to take classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOCs are usually free for students 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 topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Jamaica to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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