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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in elearning technology have empowered students all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like U.S. Virgin Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational undertakings. Universities want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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