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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online learning technology are empowering students all over the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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