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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like New Zealand to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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