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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in online learning are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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