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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. New changes in learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like British Virgin Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Educators want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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