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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in e-learning have made it possible for students all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to understand these promising new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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