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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in online learning have empowered humans all over the world to take part in classes online. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are considering more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like U.S. Virgin Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these promising new open educational ventures. Professors want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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