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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in electronic educational technology are empowering humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations must deal with now that online education technology is developing so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like U.S. Virgin Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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