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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in e-learning technology are empowering people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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