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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in elearning are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like U.S. Virgin Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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