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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic educational technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Lucia to conduct these massive open online courses? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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