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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in elearning technology make it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like U.S. Virgin Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these intriguing new open education endeavours. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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