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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in elearning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that online education institutions are having to deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like U.S. Virgin Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational experiments. Academics want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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