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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in electronic educational technology are enabling learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like British Virgin Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these significant new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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