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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in online learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education ventures. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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