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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in online learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like British Virgin Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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