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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in learning technology are empowering students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? 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 in use today? How can institutions manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend these compelling new open education ventures. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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