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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in distance learning have enabled people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like British Virgin Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these interesting new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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