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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning enable students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Singapore to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also addresses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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