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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education are providing the means for students all around the world to take classes online. These MOOC classes are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several topics that elearning institutions are having to attend to now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like British Virgin Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Universities want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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