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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online education have empowered people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Solomon Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these significant new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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