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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in online education technology are providing the means for students all over the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC classes are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like British Virgin Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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