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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in electronic education technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are having to consider today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like British Virgin Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this growing desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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