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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take part in courses online. These massive open 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 variety of issues that elearning technology institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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