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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in elearning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Wallis and Futuna to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Scholars want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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