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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in elearning technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Dominica to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education undertakings. Universities want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also reviews the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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