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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in distance learning technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Mali to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Scholars want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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