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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in electronic education technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This new book also deals with the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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