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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in distance learning technology enable students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology institutions have to consider today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to better understand these new open education initiatives. Researchers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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