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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in e-learning technology enable people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like U.S. Virgin Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to better comprehend these significant new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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