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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in digital education technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like U.S. Virgin Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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