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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in e-learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Public servants want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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