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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. New advancements in blended learning technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like U.S. Virgin Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to better grasp these significant new open educational ventures. Academics want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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