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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online education technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like New Zealand to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a expanding need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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