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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in blended learning technology make it possible for humans all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are having to attend to now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like U.S. Virgin Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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