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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic education technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations have to deal with now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like British Virgin Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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