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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online education are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like British Virgin Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to understand these compelling new open educational initiatives. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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