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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in learning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like U.S. Virgin Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a growing necessity to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these significant new open education experiments. Professors want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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