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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in e-learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Martinique to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to better understand these promising new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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