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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in electronic educational technology are making it possible for humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Spain to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to understand these interesting new open educational ventures. Scholars want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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