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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in electronic education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by institutions like Jamaica to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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