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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in online education have empowered people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This new book also describes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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