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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in online education are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many topics that blended learning organizations must deal with now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like British Virgin Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these exciting new open educational initiatives. Academics want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the most important 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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