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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in e-learning have provided the means for students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like U.S. Virgin Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education initiatives. Professors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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