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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in online learning technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like U.S. Virgin Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage low motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Corporations want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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