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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in distance learning have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like British Virgin Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This definitive new book also researches the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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