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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in distance learning make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like U.S. Virgin Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Universities want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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