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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in digital education technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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