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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in online education have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Greenland to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these interesting new open education undertakings. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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