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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online education are enabling humans all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like U.S. Virgin Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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