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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning technology enable people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is all right? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Estonia to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding need to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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