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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in electronic educational technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Wallis and Futuna to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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