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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning technology enable people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like U.S. Virgin Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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