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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in electronic educational technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like British Virgin Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Educators want to perceive how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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