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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in learning technology are enabling students all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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