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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in electronic education technology are providing the means for students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like British Virgin Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Students want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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