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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in electronic education technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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