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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in electronic education technology enable learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like U.S. Virgin Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to better understand these open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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