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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in learning technology are empowering students in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like British Virgin Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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