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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in learning technology enable students all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like U.S. Virgin Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)