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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in e-learning technology have enabled humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by institutions like Ghana to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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