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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online education are empowering learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Dominica to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these promising new open educational initiatives. Educators want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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