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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in e-learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Martinique to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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