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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like U.S. Virgin Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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