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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in blended learning technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions are considering more than ever because online education technology is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Jamaica to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also considers the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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