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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that elearning institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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