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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in e-learning technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations have to deal with now that online education technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like British Virgin Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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