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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in distance learning enable people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by organizations like Solomon Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also investigates 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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