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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in digital education technology have empowered students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like U.S. Virgin Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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