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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like U.S. Virgin Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these important new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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