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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in learning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Jamaica to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can educators manage inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these exciting new open education experiments. Students want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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