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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in electronic education technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions must deal with today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like British Virgin Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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